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The Little Red Book: Teaching ESL in China

by Susan and Frank Black

102 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-2678; ISBN 1-4251-5915-X; US$15.00, C$15.00, EUR10.25, £7.74

•Communism in the classroom - structure in Chinese classrooms.
•Who's Who in the Chinese Classroom - students on duty.
•Teaching Group Work - students learn to develop second language.

About the Book

Susan and Frank Black provide you with their discovery about teaching English as a second language in China - communism is alive and well structured in the classroom.

Classroom structure is something that anyone planning to teach in China, and everyone who is already doing it, should know about. Even the best designed lesson plan will not play if your students are not recognized for who they are: duty-driven, study-driven citizens of their Motherland.

Another critical fact revealed is Who’s Who in the Chinese Classroom. You will learn the truth about the classroom Monitor and about his or her duty to serve you, the Foreign Expert. There are many students ready to assist you in the classroom and this book reveals who they are and how they can be of help to you. Teaching Group Work in China lays out a first-of-its-kind real-life lesson plan for both skeptics and adventurous types.

All the characters in this book are real, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is not coincidental. You will meet Midnight Runners who sneak off into the night and Chinese English teachers who wish they could. You’ll meet students who have a profound feeling of duty to their teachers and other students who don’t. You will discover what some students believe about learning English as a second language and how their motives can help you facilitate a great class. The Little Red Book Teaching ESL in China is your official guide.

About the Authors

Susan, born in Sudbury, Ontario, and Frank, born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, met and married fifty years later in Port McNeill, a small town on North Vancouver Island. Susan, the computer software trainer, and Frank, the town gardener for Port McNeill, spent their first year together on Frank’s twelve metre sailboat.

New life and new dreams drove them to get TESOL certified through Global TESOL College. To kick off teaching English as a second other language, they held classes at the local North Island College with a variety of students from all parts of the world. They chose China as an overseas destination. Why China? “Well, we have the chance to introduce the Bahai Faith as pioneers and we’ve never been there.” Both coming from varied backgrounds and having had many career changes, adding one more was an easy accomplishment.

Frank, an experienced Bahai travel teacher, free-hand sketch artist, carver, and amateur actor, added music to his many interests and uses these talents to teach in China.

Susan, a graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and a Certificate in Adult Continuing Education. Her long history of teaching provided her the confidence to partner with her husband to develop this book. Susan and Frank Black live and teach in China.

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